Chapter 50: Drive It Home, Iron Fist!!!
Recap from before, then the opening.
"Why are we wearing our costumes in this?" Asui asked.
"Oh yeah, we are wearing our costumes, huh?" Kirishima realized.
"It's just the opening…" Jiro told them, adding darkly, "...the real thing is about to start."
Recap of the last episode.
"Ah!" Uraraka hid behind Asui while Ashido squeezed her hand as it showed Midoriya's fight with the villain. Midoriya bent his knees up, placing the rabbit next to him.
Title screen 'Drive It Home, Iron Fist!!!'
"Seems like Midoriya's got one." Kaminari uttered.
"But now he's got iron soles." Ojiro pointed out.
"Why's it showing a city?" Bakugo exclaimed.
"-all right by themselves?" Kurogiri asked Shigaraki, who was playing with cards.
"Yeah. It's not my turn to be on stage right now. They're enough by themselves. In other words, the game has changed. Up until now, it was a role-playing game where we had all the equipment but challenged the last boss while still at level 1. I should've thought of it as a simulation game." Shigaraki explained.
"Shigaraki also thinks in game format…?" Ashido questioned.
"-all the pieces I can to break through the higher ranks. In order to do that, I need to first put cracks into the superhuman society. The Vanguard Action Squad of the League of Villains. It doesn't matter if those guys succeed or fail. Just the fact that they are there will scare the heroes." Shigaraki continued.
"Are they just sacrificial pawns?" Kurogiri questioned.
"Don't be ridiculous. Do I look that heartless?" Shigaraki chuckled, adding, "Their strength is real. Even though they're all facing different directions, they're comrades I can count on."
Shigaraki picked up a piece of paper on the counter.
"In a society bound by rules…" Shigaraki whispered, looking at a photo of Bakugo from the sports festival, smirking, "...we're not the only ones being oppressed."
"Bakugo…" Kirishima gritted his teeth.
"I'm praying for their success." Shigaraki echoed.
The villain laid in a pile of rocks, unmoving. Midoriya coughed as he gasped for air before slipping.
"Hey!" Kota ran for Midoriya until he caught himself.
"It's all right. There's still something I must do." Midoriya breathed.
"You're all beat up! What do you still have to do?" Kota objected.
"I knew that he would defend against it… But that's also why I had to attack." Midoriya said.
"Huh?" Kota asked.
"Even taking that into consideration, I thought I could inflict a lot of damage. But he's a stronger villain than I thought he was." Midoriya explained, looking over at the forest fire, adding, "If all the villains from this night attack are this strong, then everyone is in danger."
"Deku, you had to fight a villain by yourself…" Bakugo scuffed.
"He pulled a freaking 1,000,000% smash!" Kaminari punched the air.
'I still want to know how he managed to do that.' All Might rubbed his chin.
"-to let Aizawa Sensei and the Pussycats know about that. If I can save someone by moving, then I have to move, right?" Midoriya explained to Kota.
Kota gulped while Midoriya shifted his gaze to the villain.
"We'll leave this villain here for now." Midoriya told Kota, the words, 'Villain- Muscular- Quirk: Muscle Augmentation' appearing while Midoriya explained, "With my messed up arms, it was probably weaker than usual, but it should have still caused a lot of damage. I don't think he'll wake up anytime soon, and even if he does, I don't think he'll be able to move much."
"But how can you know that for sure?" Asui asked.
"He pulled 1,000,000% on the villain!" Mineta told her.
"And, we never did see that villain." Ojiro added.
"-that only you can do." Midoriya told Kota, looking over at the fire, explaining, "The forest has been set on fire. With that, we'd be trapped no matter what. Do you understand?"
Kota looked at the fire, then back at Midoriya as he bent down on his knees.
"We need that quirk of yours. Save us, the way you saved me earlier." Midoriya smiled at Kota, adding, "Now, get on my back! We need to get you back to camp first."
"You can move with those injuries?" Kota questioned.
"It's fine!" Midoriya reassured him, explaining, "That's why I left my legs! Let's go! Hang on tight!"
Midoriya jumped off the cliffside, Kota hanging onto him while his broken arms shook in the wind.
'...where's the kid called Bakugo?'
Midoriya gritted his teeth. 'I have a bad feeling about this…!'
'A Few Minutes Earlier'
"Is it going to show what happened to Aizawa Sensei?" Sero exclaimed.
"Hush, and you'll see!" Jiro whispered to him.
Aizawa ran down the hallway, thinking, 'I don't want to think about what could happen…'
When Aizawa made it outside, he stopped, looking at the blue fire and smoke before him.
"This is bad…" Aizawa gritted his teeth.
"Is your worry taking precedence, Eraser?" Dabi appeared next to Aizawa, raising his hand, blue flames appearing.
"Vla-" Aizawa called before the flames bursted out, shooting at Aizawa. Smoke came from Dabi's hand while the fire cleared away.
"Well, I guess you are a pro, after all." Dabi sighed, looking up to see Aizawa hanging onto the building. He raised his hand up to Aizawa, but no fire came out.
"Nothing's gonna come out." Aizawa told him, capturing Dabi with his scarf. Aizawa pulled up Dabi to him, grabbing his head and banging it on his knee. He twisted Dabi around before planting his face into the ground.
"Yeah, Aizawa Sensei!" Kirishima cheered, followed by others.
"-your purpose, number, and positions." Aizawa ordered.
"Why?" Dabi sighed.
"Because otherwise this will happen." Aizawa narrowed his eyes, breaking Dab's arm, adding, "Your right arm's next. Let's do this logically. If we get to your legs, it'll be annoying to transport you."
"Are you in a hurry, Eraser?" Dabi smirked, a small flame from his hair before Aizawa broke his other arm. A loud explosion went off, distracting Aizawa.
"What's that?!" Aizawa asked.
"Aizawa Sensei!" Iida called, Koda, Ojiro and Mineta behind him.
"You guys!" Aizawa turned to them while Dabi took this chance to get free from Aizawa, but was still under his scarf's capture.
'This is about as much damage as I can take, huh?' Dabi gritted his teeth. Facing Aizawa, he said, "As expected of a U.A. teacher. Hey, hero."
Aizawa pulled his scarf as it went right through Dabi, who hummed, "Are your students important?"
Aizawa widened his eyes as Dabi continued turning into sludge.
'That fire earlier wasn't his quirk?!' Aizawa thought.
"I hope you can protect them all till the end. See you later…" Dabi teased before turning completely into sludge.
"What… What was that…?" Kaminari asked, disgusted.
"I think it was someone's quirk that can make copies of people." Aizawa explained.
"Gross…" Ashido squeezed Asui's hand.
Aizawa ran into the forest past Iida, Koda, Mineta and Ojiro, telling them to go inside.
"That's no good, Dabi! You were beaten! So weak! You small fry or something?" a masked villain cried, the words, 'Villain- Twice' appearing, stood next to Dabi, who had his hand on a tree, burning it.
"Already? I'm pretty weak." Dabi sighed.
"Huh? That's ridiculous. Don't be hasty. You're strong. You should think of this as the pro hero being very strong." Twice encouraged Dabi.
"Make another one of me, Twice." Dabi ordered.
"So, it's that villain's quirk…" Aizawa narrowed his eyes.
"-pros from leaving." Dabi explained.
"It doesn't matter how many times a small fry goes in!" Twice argued before saying, "Leave it to me!"
Midoriya ran through the forest with Kota on his back, thinking, 'We're almost there!'
Kota glanced over, saying, "Hey, look!"
Aizawa was heading straight for them.
"Aizawa Sensei!" Midoriya called.
Aizawa stopped running, looking over at Midoriya and Kota.
"Midori-" Aizawa said before frowning.
"Aizawa Sensei looks so done!" Kaminari and Ashido chuckled.
"What were your thoughts when you saw him?" Sero asked Aizawa.
Holding up a finger for each sentence, Aizawa began, "Your arms are broken again, huh? What the hell happened to you? Where the hell is your shirt? Why does Kota look so scared? What happened?!"
"Jeez…" Kirishima sighed while Midoriya winced at each sentence.
'Now, I should be more worried after seeing what he just went through…' Aizawa glanced at Midoriya.
"-something I need to tell Mandalay…" Midoriya explained to Aizawa.
"I said, 'Hey'!" Aizawa said louder.
"Please take care of Kota! He has a water quirk. You have to protect him!" Midoriya instructed, ignoring him.
'This guy's on a high…' Aizawa frowned.
"Please!" Midoriya finished before starting to run off.
"Wait, Midoriya!" Aizawa called. Midoriya stopped running, turning to see Aizawa sigh before asking, "Those injuries… You did it again, didn't you? Did you forget about what happened in Hosu?"
'For uncertified individuals to cause injury with their quirks without specific instruction from their guardians or supervisors is a clear violation of the rules.'
"No, but…" Midoriya uttered.
"So tell Mandalay this…" Aizawa instructed.
In the clearing, Pixie-Bob still laid unconscious with Tiger and Mandalay fighting Mange and Spinner.
"Oh dear, you're so close! Let me pick up my item!" Magne teased as Tiger swatted and tried kicking Magne over the head, but she dodged, and continued jumping back as Tiger continued swatting.
'Damn it, predicting my Cat Combat moves, huh?' Tiger thought as he continued fighting.
Mandalay jumped back as Spinner swung his sword at her, yelling, "You're not…"
He swung his sword at Mandalay again, jumping back.
"...a real…"
Spinner swung his sword again, almost grazing Mandalay.
"...hero at all!"
Spinner brought his sword down, hitting the ground as Mandalay jumped out of the way.
"Jeez, you're too persistent!" Mandalay gritted her teeth.
"So are you!" Spinner fired back, jumped at Mandalay again, yelling, "Hurry up and be purged already!"
'Smash!' Midoriya kicked at Spinner's sword, breaking it.
"Damn, you broke that sword like it was nothing!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"Just like his bones." Sero added.
"-here's a message from Aizawa Sensei! Tell everyone with Telepath!" Midoriya shouted while he slid on the ground.
Aizawa ran through the forest with Kota in his arms.
'Hey, hero! Are your students important? I hope you can protect them all till the end.'
'The way he said that makes it clear that the students are the targets. In that case, it's unavoidable. It's about raising the survival rate! Use your self-defense skills! I'll take responsibility for this, along with whatever punishment is coming later.' Aizawa thought to himself as he ran.
"Everyone in Class A and Class B! In the name of the pro hero, Eraser Head, you are granted permission to engage in combat!" Midoriya instructed Mandalay.
Mandalay gaped before nodding, sending her Telepath out, echoing Midoriya's message while montages of the students running or facing the villains.
When she was done, Mandalay thought to herself, 'This is what you want, right, Eraser?'
Aizawa continued running with Kota as he narrowed his eyes. 'Don't be defeated while we still don't know what's going on, future heroes!'
Information about Shoji appears.
"I'm starting to get a little scared now…" Hagakure shivered.
"Yeah, it's getting close…" Jiro nodded.
"If you want, I can make you two a blanket." Yaoyorozu offered.
"I'm good, but thanks." Jiro assured her.
'-to tell Midoriya to come back right away. This is bad. This is worse than bad. The only reason he's able to move with those injuries right now is because of all the endorphins pumping through him.' Aizawa gritted his teeth.
"And the energy of saving everyone…!" Kaminari whispered, making Midoriya clench his fists.
'I tried… But… I couldn't reach…' Midoriya thought.
'-calms down a little, he won't be able to move at all.' Aizawa gritted his teeth.
"Mister… Will he be okay?" Kota asked scarcely.
"Hm?" Aizawa glanced at Kota.
"I… I punched him… But even so, he got all beat up like that to rescue me…!" Kota held back tears, squeezing Aizawa's scarf as he buried his face in it, adding, "I haven't even told him 'Sorry'... or 'Thank you' yet… Will he… be okay…?"
"Don't worry. He got all beat up like that because he has no intention of dying. But as a teacher, I have to scold Midoriya for acting without permission…" Aizawa explained to Kota, making him raise his head.
"Kota…" Midoriya whispered.
"So once all this is over, please tell him how you feel. If possible, put more effort in the 'Thank you' part." Aizawa instructed.
"You, get back to camp immediately!" Mandalay ordered Midoriya as she got a hit on Spinner, who blocked it as Mandalay continued, "Those aren't normal injuries!"
"No… I'm sorry!" Midoriya objected, powering One for All. As he ran, Midoriya added, "Please tell everyone one more thing! The villains… At least one of their targets is… They're after Kacchan! Please tell everyone with Telepath!"
"Who's 'Kacchan'?" Mandalay questioned, shouting, "Wait a minute!"
Magne stared at Midoriya, thinking, 'That rumble in the ground earlier… There are two in our number who can fight in a flashy power battle… If one let something slip… Then that bloodthirsty Musclar was defeated…? Does that mean he lost in power to that little kid?'
"'Little'? Excuse you!" Uraraka and Kaminari exclaimed.
Tiger stared in horror as Magne slipped away from him, towards Midoriya.
'He really does need to be killed!' Magne thought as she got closer to Midoriya.
"Don't Big Sis Mag!" Spinner yelled, throwing a knife at her, letting Midoriya go.
"What do you think you're doing?! He was on the priority kill list!" Magne exclaimed, watching MIdoriya go.
"That's just Shigaraki's personal desire!" Spinner explained.
"Spinner! What did you come here to do?!" Magne questioned.
"That child is someone Stain wished to save! In other words, a person worthy of being called a hero! I will follow his wil-" Spinner explained until Mandalay kicked him in the head, Tiger doing the same to Magne, knocking them out.
"What took you so long?!" Bakugo yelled.
'That's why the hero killer saved Midoriya…' Todoroki glanced at Midoriya.
"I finally got a good hit in!" Mandalay breathed, Spinner and Magne laying on the ground. Mandalay gasped for air, thinking, 'It can't be helped… First, I have to tell everyone.'
"We have discovered one of the villains' targets. It is one of the students, 'Kacchan'!" Mandalay's Telepath echoed.
"Bakugo?!" Kirishima exclaimed.
"It's Bakugo?!" Iida repeated.
"'Kacchan' should try to avoid combat and acting independently." Mandalay's Telepath added.
"Bakugo…" Kirishima gritted his teeth.
"Understand, 'Kacchan'?!"
'So, it wasn't the nerd who said that, huh…?' Bakugo looked up at Midoriya. Glancing at Kirishima, Bakugo noticed him shaking before Koda's rabbit hopped over to him.
"Stop making so much noise in my head!" Bakugo shouted as he ran toward a villain. Blades shot out toward Bakugo until ice went in between Bakugo and the blades.
"Don't go rushing carelessly into anything." Todoroki shouted at Bakugo.
The blades stopped coming, making the villain rise up as they stuck into the ground.
"I have to follow… I have to do my job…" the villain hummed before screaming out.
"Did you hear that earlier? She said you're being targeted!" Todoroki reminded Bakugo.
"That damn Deku did something, I just know it. Saying 'Fight' then 'Don't fight'!" Bakugo uttered angrily, before exclaiming, "Huh?! I don't give a damn what anyone says!"
"He was just trying to warn you…" Uraraka glared back at Bakugo.
"I know that now, Round Face…!" Bakugo spat.
The villain disappeared into the forest, Todoroki gritting his teeth.
"He's good at using the terrain with his quirk." Todoroki observed.
"Even though he just looks like some scrawny small fry! You bastard!" Bakugo added.
The villain rose out of the trees with his blades, Todoroki saying, "Looks like he's got a lot of experience."
"Show me… your flesh…" the villain hummed, the words, 'Death Row Convict (Escaped)- Moonfish' appearing.
"If you use any large flames around here and the fire spreads, we'll be surrounded by flames, and everyone will die. Do you get it?" Todoroki warned Bakugo, who had sparks popping from his palm.
"Shut up! I know!" Bakugo yelled while Todoroki glanced behind them.
'Even if we try to retreat, there's gas… They're obviously trying to drive us into a corner…' Todoroki observed before glancing back at Moonfish.
In a different part of the forest, Tetsutetsu ran, exclaiming, "Did you hear that, Kendo?! We've got permission to throw some punches!"
"Wait, Tetsutetsu! Do you understand this gas?" Kendo shouted, running after him.
"It was for a self defence purpose, not to carelessly throw yourself into a fight." Aizawa sighed.
"Looking at two certain someone's…" Kaminari whispered.
"It was in order to save Kota!" Midoriya defended his past self.
"It was in order to win!" Bakugo defended his past self.
"-nothing about the gas in Mandalay's Telepath. That means the gas hasn't spread so far that it can't be seen from the clearing where Mandalay is. It's weird. This gas is flowing slowly in one direction. Normally, it would spread more, right? This is staying in one place. And look. The gas is a little denser here than it was where we were before." Kendo explained to Tetsutetsu, pointing at the gas.
"Which means… what?" Tetsutetsu asked.
"I think it's swirling around its source. Like a typhoon." Kendo answered.
A bright red light glowed in the middle, inside the purple gas.
"In other words, there should be someone who is producing the gas at the center- someone who can also control it." Kendo continued.
"I see! Man, Kendo, you're amazing!" Tetsutetsu beamed.
"I knew it. That's why I came with you." Kendo sighed.
"Wait, isn't it that kid with the junior high uniform on that was making the gas?" Midoiriya asked out loud.
"That's what it looked like at the start…" Asui nodded.
"-denser the gas, so it's just a matter of time. There's a limit to the gas masks' filters, and the denser the gas, the shorter the functioning time. In other words…" Kendo warned Tetsutetsu before they started running through the gas again.
"...run all out toward the denser gas and punch all out! Right?" Tetsutetsu finished.
"Well, yeah, but…" Kendo uttered, thinking, 'He's got such a one-track mind…'
"More like Bakugo's thinking strategy…" Sero thought out loud.
"I'm not that reckless!" Bakugo yelled.
"-classmates suffered because of this gas. I hate this! Stuff like this pisses me off!" Tetsutetsu shouted, glancing back at Kendo, he added, "Let's do our best, Kendo!"
"Yeah!" Kendo nodded, thinking, 'I don't dislike that part of you!'
A villain stood in the center of the gas, muttering, "Heading straight toward me are three… two people? I guess there are those who notice and can make it through, huh? As expected of a prestigious school."
The words, 'Villain- Mustard' appeared next to the villain as Mustard reached into his pocket, sighing, "But it's sad… No matter how wonderful the quirk…"
"Found you…!" Tetsutetsu announced, his body in steel as he aimed for Mustard.
"...they're still human, huh?" Mustard finished, pulling a gun off, a gunshot echoing.
The class gasped, Kirishima exclaiming, "Tetsutetsu…!"
"He had his quirk on, he's fine." Bakugo elbowed Kirishima.
'What was that sound just now, a gunshot? Don't tell me it's Kacchan…' Midoriya thought as he ran through the forest.
"Oh yeah, I saw you during the live broadcast of the sports festival. There were guys who could turn hard. A gun won't work, huh?" Mustard hummed. The gas mask broke, falling off of Tetsutetsu's face. He put a hand over his mouth as Mustard continued, "But well, it doesn't matter. Because it's just a matter of how long you can hold your breath in this gas."
'Seriously, a gun? And aiming for my mask, too! What's with this shorty, anyway? A school uniform? So he's about the same age as me, or maybe even younger?' Tetsutetsu thought as he held his breath.
"They got a kid from junior high…" All Might uttered.
"I wonder what made him want to join them…" Aizawa muttered.
"Even if you can harden yourself, you're charging right in? Give me a break. You go to a prestigious school, right? You're smart, aren't you? Will you use your head a little? If you don't, you're not worth my time." Mustard sighed, shooting off another shot. Tetsutetsu jumped to take the shot, the gun pointed at Kendo.
"Tetsutetsu!" Kendo exclaimed as she saw blood.
"It's no good! Retreat!" Tetsutetsu told Kendo while covering his mouth.
Mustard started laughing maliciously, teasing, "Two against one, with one of you hiding for a surprise attack, right? That's weak! Such a weak plan! This gas is produced by me and controlled by me."
"Tetsutetsu, you're bleeding!" Kendo bent down to him.
"It's fine, just retreat!" Tetsutetsu blocked her from Mustard.
"It's telling me your movements directly with its fluctuations. In other words, you can't hide from me!" Mustard continued.
"I'm running out of pages!" Midoriya whispered to himself as he wrote in his notebook.
"You go to U.A., right? Don't ruin my image of it. That's why you're being attacked like this now." Mustard teased.
Tetsutetsu started running toward Mustard again, Kendo shouting, "Wait a-"
Mustard hit Tetsutetsu with his gun as he got close, laughing, "Stupid."
Tetsutetsu fell to the ground, placing his hand back over his mouth.
"Huh? Aren't you softer than you were before?" Mustard questioned.
"Come on, Tetsutetsu! Be a man and stand up!" Kirishima cheered quietly.
"-like you can't breathe anymore either. You can't really brace yourself anymore, huh? Does your hardness depend on your stance?" Mustard asked, pointing his gun at Tetsutetsu before shooting him in the head while he continued, "For simple guys like the ones that just harden themselves, they usually end up in tests of endurance, huh? You just rush in without thinking about stuff like that."
Mustard shot at Tetsutetsu again, but he didn't budge this time.
"Hey, you guys are gonna be heroes when you grow up, right? I think it's strange." Mustard sighed, reloading his gun before shooting again at Tetsutetsu.
"A world where someone with a one-track mind like you…"
A bullet to Tetsutetsu's arm.
"..is fawned over just because…"
Another shot.
"...of where you went to school…"
Another shot before Mustard kicked Tetsutetsu in the gut, finishing, "It's not right, is it?"
Tetsutetsu covered his mouth and nose again, thinking, 'Crap… I can't breathe… I can't…'
Another bullet went to his head.
'My strength is… My vision's getting blurry… and distorted… Crap… everything's turning black and white…' Tetsutetsu squinted at Mustard as his vision went from blurry to not seeing color.
Kendo ran through the gas, shouting, "Tetsutetsu!"
Mustard turned to face her, sighing, "I told you, I can tell how you're moving from the flow of the gas-"
Before Mustard finished, Kendo made her hand bigger, hitting Mustard as she told him, "It doesn't matter if you can tell how I'm moving!"
Mustard hid himself in the gas, yelling, "I can't believe you can look so triumphant with a pitiful quirk like that!"
"Whether it's pitiful or not depends on how it's used! Take this…!" Kendo yelled back, waving her hands around the gas.
"The gas is being blown away!" Mustard exclaimed.
"You can do it, Kendo!" Yaoyorozu cheered.
"Go, Tetsutetsu!" Kirishima shouted.
"Kendo! Tetsutetsu! Kendo! Tetsutetsu!" the class started cheering.
"-stupid one, uniform boy. Carrying a gun like that is like saying you're not confident in a fight!" Kendo exclaimed.
"You little…" Mustard gritted his teeth, pointing his gun at Kendo.
"Above all, for those at U.A. with a one-track mind…" Kendo said as a shadow started moving through the gas, making Mustard gasp.
'The gas got thinner, so I didn't realize…" Mustard glanced behind him, pointing the gun as it showed Tetsutetsu running at him.
"...when everyone else would think 'I can't take it anymore'..." Kendo continued as Tetsutetsu punched Mustard in the mask, breaking it before slamming him to the ground, stating, "...they'll take another step and go beyond that."
The gas started dispersing around them, Kendo sighing, "The gas… is dispersing…"
Tetsutetsu gasped for air, saying through breaths, "If a gas user is wearing a mask, then you have to break it, right? Stupid!"
Tetsutetsu flopped down next to Mustard, who laid knocked out.
"I'll have you make up for ruining our training camp, kid." Tetsutetsu vowed.
"Yeah, tell him!" Kirishima cheered.
"That was a cool fight, I'm not gonna lie." Sero smiled.
'Kacchan and Todoroki started second in the test of courage. If they haven't moved from there, then they shouldn't be far.' Midoriya thought as he ran before gasping. A dark hand reached for Midoriya, sending pain through his arms as the hand slammed down, making a cloud of dust appear where Midoriya once stood. Midoriya opened his eyes before gasping, "Sh-Shoji?!"
Shoji carried Midoriya with one arm, his other arms bled from one of his hands missing.
"Midoriya, I apologize for Dark Shadow trying to attack you… I had no control…" Tokoyami bowed to Midoriya.
"It's okay, Tokoyami. I forgive you." Midoriya reassured him.
"It was thanks to Dark Shadow that the villain Bakugo and I were fighting was defeated." Todoroki added.
"Yes… We were attacked by him too, and when he cut off one of Shoji's hands, I…" Tokoyami clenched his fists.
"You were scared, and so was I. You have no reason to apologize, Tokoyami." Shoji placed his hand on his shoulder as Koda's rabbit appeared next to them.
"-only thinking about saving your friend… What are we going to do with you?" Shoji said as he gasped for air.
"That just now…" Midoriya questioned.
"Yeah. We were ambushed by villains, and I covered us. But that triggered the quirk that he'd been desperately trying to hold back…" Shoji explained.
'My quirk's offensive ability increases the darker it is, but it becomes fierce and difficult to control.'
Midoriya widened his eyes. "D-Don't tell me…"
"Yeah." Shoji nodded, knowing Midorya's question, adding, "If we want to get through here, we'll have to do something about this first…"
Dark Shadow surrounded Tokoyami, who had no control over it as Dark Shadow became huge.
"Get away… from me…! You'll die!" Tokoyami warned.
"T-Tokoyami!" Midoriya shouted, followed by Dark Shadow's screech.
Ending plays.
"Tokoyami…" Ashido whispered.
"You kids have watched enough…" Aizawa sighed while putting his chair back.
"Y-Yeah… But we know it's not over…" Kirishima whispered.
"Let's not think about that. We have already been through it, and if anything, it has made us stronger." Yaoyorozu encouraged them.
"Yeah. It has." Todoroki agreed.
"Then go to sleep. I'm tired." Aizawa told them.
"Aizawa Sensei… You're ruining the moment…" Kaminari teased.
"Just go already." Aizawa narrowed his eyes.
While Jiro turned the TV off, the class started heading for their dorms, Aizawa leaving the building.
"Young Midoriya?" All Might called.
"Hm?" Midoriya turned to All Might.
"May I ask you something quickly?" All Might told him.
"Sure." Midoriya walked to him, leaving Iida and Uraraka, who he was walking beside.
"You didn't really do a '1,000,000% Smash', did you?" All Might questioned.
"No, I didn't…" Midoriya scratched his cheek.
"You were trying to psych yourself out?" All Might wondered.
"I just wanted to reassure Kota and stop that villain…" Midoriya nodded.
"All right, then. That's all I wanted to know. Go onto bed, now." All Might smiled.
"Yes, sir!" Midoriya returned the smile.
Chapter 51: Roaring Upheaval
Everyone settled on or around the couches with sleeping bags, pillows, snacks, stuffed animals and Koda's rabbit.
"Are you sure, Bakugo?" Kirishima asked him once more.
"I'll be fine. It's already happened anyway, Shitty Hair." Bakugo spat.
"All right then…" Kirishima sighed, squeezing the pillow he brought down as Midoriya started it up.
The same recap as before, then the opening.
"Are you going to be okay, Deku?" Uraraka whispered to him.
"I-I think I'll be okay, thanks, Uraraka." Midoriya nodded.
"You think I can make this my ringtone?" Kaminari asked Mineta.
"I'd advise not." Aizawa answered.
"Damn it…" Kaminari slumped, thinking, 'It's so cool!'
Recap of the last episode.
Title screen 'Roaring Upheaval'
Shoji hid him and Midoriya behind a tree as a huge Dark Shadow roared, destroying the trees in its path.
"Wh-What's going on, Shoji?!" Midoriya asked him.
"Quiet." Shoji warned, explaining, "After Mandalay's Telepath about the villain attack telling us not to engage, we went on alert immediately. Right after that, we were attacked by a villain."
As Shoji spoke, the memory of the event; blades came rushing for Tokoyami until Shoji stepped in the way, his hand getting cut off.
The class gasped in horror as it showed the visual, though it was silhouetted.
Shoji grabbed his arm in pain while Tokoyami shouted, "Shoji!"
The two of them got separated by the blades as Shoji continued, "I covered Tokoyami, hiding in the foliage even as my arm got cut off."
'Your arm?!' Midoriya thought, glancing down at Shoji's bleeding arm.
"Even though it's not a shallow cut, it's not like I've lost it forever. My Dupli-Arms can even duplicate my duplicated organs, and what was cut off was a duplicate." Shoji reassured.
"Th-That's a good thing…" Ojiro sighed.
"It is indeed." Shoji nodded.
"That would've been a cool battle scar, too." Kaminari rubbed his chin.
"Kaminari!" Jiro shouted at him.
"I-I'm sorry!" Kaminari jumped.
"-had been holding back started getting out of control…" Shoji explained about Dark Shadow, who let out a screech.
"In deep darkness, he can't control it… I didn't realize his quirk was so peaky…" Midoriya observed.
"It probably wasn't the right moment to say that…" Todoroki told Midoriya.
"Yeah, you're probably right." Midoriya rubbed the back of his neck.
"He kept trying to hold it back, but…" Shoji told Midoriya, accidentally stepping on a twig, triggering Dark Shadow to reach for them. Shoji jumped out of the way with Midoriya, adding, "It reacted to any movement or sound, turning into a monster that was just lashing out with attacks indiscriminately."
"Forget… about me… Find the others… and help them!" Tokoyami exclaimed to Shoji and Midoriya. Talking to Dark Shadow, Tokoyami shouted, "Calm down, Dark Shadow!"
"Dark Shadow's weakness is light. If we lead it to the fire or back to camp, it should calm down. Midoriya, no matter the circumstance, I don't want to become a person who leaves a suffering friend behind." Shoji explained to Midoriya.
"Like what we did at the provisional license exam for Yao-momo." Jiro glanced at Shoji.
"Yes. Just like that." Shoji nodded.
"-worried about Bakugo, right? If you think you can still move, I'll draw Dark Shadow away and open up a path for you." Shoji explained his plan.
"Wait…" Midoriya gasped, explaining, "It's pretty far to either camp or the fire. Then, you'll be in dange-"
Before Midoriya could finish, Dark Shadow spotted them. It lunged for the the two of them, Shoji jumping out of the way in response, hiding behind another tree.
"I know. The act of saving people comes with risks. That's why heroes are called heroes. Will you stay with me and help Tokoyami, or will you rush to where Bakugo is…? Which will you choose, Midoriya?" Shoji asked. Midoriya squeezed his eyes shut before opening them, a look of determination.
"Sorry, Shoji…" Midoriya told him, making Shoji glance back.
"Choosing Bakugo over Tokoyami… Damn…" Kirishima sighed.
"No. That's not what happened." Tokoyami told him.
"But, Midoriya sounded like he was choosing Bakugo…?" Sato questioned.
"If you know Midoriya, you know he'll want to save both." Shoji explained.
"Oh! Of course!" Sero realized.
"-near him, damn it!" Bakugo cursed as Todoroki sent up a wall of ice, blocking him, Bakugo and Tsuburaba from Moonfish, shouting, "The only thing I can do is blast him with everything I've got…"
"You can't!" Todoroki shouted.
"If the trees burn, just cover them with ice right away!" Bakugo explained.
"The blast will impair my vision, too! What'll happen if I can't stop all of it? Our opponent has the advantage in both numbers of moves and distance!" Todoroki explained making Bakugo grit his teeth in response.
While the two argued, Moonfish was busy shooting out his blades at the ice until a loud boom sound caught their attention.
"There! I can see ice! They're in the middle of a fight!" Midoriya's faint voice was heard.
"Huh?" Moonfish turned to the sound as it got closer to them. Shoji ran with Midoriya, Dark Shadow rooting up trees as it followed.
"Bakugo! Todoroki! One of you, please- Make some light!" Shoji shouted.
"Flesh…" Moonfish shot a blade at Shoji and Midoriya before Dark Shadow lunged at Moonfish, trapping him under its hand. Bakugo and Todoroki stared at Tokoyami, who had tears in his eyes.
"Tokoyami…" Ojiro muttered. Koda's rabbit landed next to Tokoyami, who nodded to Koda.
"Sorry, Shoji, I want to keep going, but I have an idea." Midoriya told him before.
"What is it?" Shoji asked.
"If it'll react to just sound, then make duplicates of your arms to use as bait and make it follow without attacking us. But we'll lead it to Kacchan. He can calm Dark Shadow down with an explosion. If I have to choose one or the other… I want to save both of them!"
Shoji and Midoriya ran with Dark Shadow following, Midoriya exclaiming, "Kacchan!"
Bakugo widened his eyes while Todoroki muttered, "Shoji and Midoriya? And… Tokoyami?!"
Dark Shadow crashed through the ice like it was nothing while Shoji made a duplicate of a mouth, yelling, "Hurry up and make light! Tokoyami's out of control!"
Dark Shadow smashed its hand down where Shoji had his duplicate, moving out of the way just in time. Todoroki placed down Tsuburaba he'd been carrying.
"Indiscriminate attacks, huh? All right, I'll use my flames…" Todoroki said before Bakugo moved his hand in front of Todoroki.
"Wait, idiot!" Bakugo scuffed.
"Wait? Wait?! Why wait?!" Ashido exclaimed at Bakugo.
"Watch and maybe you'll see, Racoon Eyes!" Bakugo yelled.
"-can't allow it… I'm the only one who's allowed to look at a cross-section of those kids…" Moonfish uttered, picking himself up with his blades before yelling, "Don't steal from me…!"
Moonfish shot out blades at Dark Shadow, who took the hit while grabbing Moonfish, roaring, " Don't beg. Small fry! "
Moonfish gaped as Dark Shadow broke the blades while Bakugo grinned, whispering, "Look…"
Dark Shadow crashed Moonfish through the trees before throwing him at one, knocking him out. Dark Shadow started roaring again, booming, " I haven't had enough fun yet! "
Bakugo and Todoroki went to Tokoyami's side, passing him with Todoroki's flames and Bakugo's sparks. Tokoyami crouched on the ground, gasping for air as Dark Shadow went back into him.
The class sighed with relief.
'Koda's rabbit is getting fur on my sweatshirt…' Tokoyami observed as the rabbit started drifting off to sleep next to him.
"I'm a bad match-up for you." Bakugo muttered as he and Todoroki put out their quirks.
"Sorry… Thanks for saving me…" Tokoyami told them through breaths. Todoroki looked at Tokoyami before glancing at Moonfish.
"In an instant, the opponent we were barely able to defend against was…" Todoroki said.
"Tokoyami, are you all right?" Shoji asked, walking over to him with Midoriya, adding, "You did a good job doing what we asked."
Back when Shoji was running, Midoriya yelled out to Tokoyami, "Tokoyami! Don't fight it! Surrender yourself to Dark Shadow!"
Tokoyami stared down at his hand. "Sorry, Shoji… You, too, Midoriya… I was too immature… I let my anger take over and released Dark Shadow…"
"But that also means you have a compassionate heart, Young Tokoyami." All Might told him, adding, "You just need to learn how to use that compassion positively, instead of using it toward anger and lust."
"You're right, All Might. Thank you." Tokoyami nodded.
"-couldn't hold it back and ended up hurting Shoji." Tokoyami gritted his teeth.
"We can leave that for later. That's what you would say, right?" Shoji told Tokoyami, making him look up to see Midoriya smiling at him. Tokoyami stared at the two before nodding.
"Oh, right! We confirmed that one of the villains' targets is Kacchan." Midoriya explained.
"Bakugo? Are they trying to kill him? Why?" Tokoyami asked.
"I don't know. Anyway, I think the camp is the safest place since there are two pros, Vlad King and Aizawa Sensei, there." Midoriya answered.
"I see. So now our mission is to escort Bakugo there, huh?" Tokoyami nodded.
"But at the clearing, the Pussycats are still fighting. Going back on the path would bring us to the attention of the villains, and we'd lose time. We should cut straight across." Midoriya explained his plan.
"We don't know how many villains there are. We might come across one suddenly." Todoroki reminded Midoriya.
"We can use Shoji's search ability. And we have Todoroki's freezing, and if Tokoyami's okay with it, an invincible Dark Shadow with built-in controls…" Midoriya added.
Kaminari, Sero and Ashido started chuckling to themselves as TV Bakugo looked confused.
'That's a rare image!' the three gritted their teeth to stop themselves from laughing.
Todoroki hoisted Tsuburaba back onto his back while Midoriya encouraged, "Honestly, with this group, we could probably even go up against All Might."
"Those are some mighty words, Young Midoriya." All Might narrowed his eyes, smirking.
"But, there's no way to find that out…" Sero said sadly.
"Don't protect me, you scum!" Bakugo yelled at them.
"Let's go!" Shoji thold them, beginning to walk while the rest followed.
"Don't ignore me!" Bakugo yelled as he walked with them.
"Make sure you keep up." Todoroki ignored his yelling.
"Don't tell me what to do!" Bakugo yelled again.
"Does what they say anyway." Kaminari sighed.
"They didn't tell me shit! I walked on my own accord…" Bakugo huffed.
'Sure he did…' the class sighed.
'Get everyone back safely. If we do that, then we win…' Midoriya narrowed his eyes.
Information on Uraraka appears.
"It's getting close…" Tokoyami gritted his teeth.
Information on Asui appears.
'5 Minutes Earlier'
Uraraka held her arm that had started bleeding from a cut.
"Ochaco, is your arm okay?" Asui asked her.
"It's showing us?" Asui questioned.
"We did bump into you on our way." Todoroki remarked.
"That's true…" Uraraka nodded.
Toga looked at the knife that had some blood on it.
"Shallow… Not much blood…" Toga observed.
"That's mean, suddenly coming out slashing at us! Who are you?" Asui demanded.
"I'm Toga! You two sure are cute. Uraraka and… Asui…" Toga introduced herself, pointing the knife at them as she said their names.
"She knows our names." Uraraka gritted her teeth.
"Maybe from the sports festival?" Asui questioned, adding, "In any case, she knows who we are, which means we're at a disadvantage."
"There's not enough blood. Normally, I'd suck it out directly from the cut to get more, but this machine will start sucking if I just stick it in, so my work will progress very quickly." Toga hummed as she reached behind her back, grabbing a can with a needle at the top.
"What does she mean by… suck…?" Hagakure asked.
"What is her quirk…?" Yaoyorozu shivered.
Asui threw Uraraka up in the air, explaining, "Run back to camp! We were give permission to use our quirks not to defeat the villains but to protect ourselves! That's the kind of person Aizawa Sensei is."
"Tsu, you too!" Uraraka exclaimed, reaching out her hand for Asui.
"Of course, I will also-" Asui said before glancing back at Toga, who ran up to her, slashing her tongue.
"Tsu!" Ashido jumped, bending over to hug her.
Asui jumped back while Toga stopped running.
"'Tsu'... 'Tsu'... 'Tsu'...!" Toga repeated cheerily.
"Ribbit…" Asui stared at her.
"What a cute nickname." Toga smiled, pulling off the mask she was wearing, adding, "I'm gonna call you that, too."
"Don't. The only people I want calling me that are the ones I want to be friends with." Asui told Toga, jumping away from her as Toga threw the can at Asui, sticking her to a tree by her hair.
The girls cringed at the sight.
"Yay, then I'm your friend, too! All right!" Toga cheered.
"Tsu!" Uraraka shouted, running back to her.
Toga got close to Asui, whispering, "You're bleeding, my friend, Tsu. You're so cute. I love blood."
"Get away from her!" Uraraka shouted as Toga tried to cut her. Uraraka dodged, thinking, 'Against someone with a knife, pivot on one foot to disappear from your opponent's line of sight…'
Uraraka grabbed onto Toga's wrist and the base of her neck.
'...and grab their wrist and base of the neck. Then, with all your might, pull! And push down! It's the close combat technique I learned during my internship!' Uraraka slammed Toga to the ground, finishing, 'Gunhead Martial Arts!'
"That was amazing, Ochaco!" Ashido hugged her.
"I wish I could've seen that!" Midoriya beamed.
"Uraraka chose a good place to intern." Tokoyami nodded.
"-hands with your tongue? Does it hurt?" Uraraka asked Asui about restraining Toga.
"Give me a second for my tongue." Asui told her.
"Ochaco… You're wonderful, too." Toga stared at her.
"Huh?" Uraraka paid her attention back to Toga.
"You've got the same smell as me." Toga told her, making Uraraka gulp.
'Same smell?!' the class thought, worried for Uraraka.
"There's someone you like, right?" Toga beamed.
Uraraka tensed up in her seat, Koda's rabbit landing in her lap.
Uraraka widened her eyes in surprise.
"And you feel like you want to be like that person, right?" Toga grinned.
'I'll win! I'll win and be like Deku, too!'
Uraraka began to sweat as Toga continued, "I can tell. 'Cause you're a maiden like me."
'What… is with her…?' Uraraka thought.
"You want to be the same as the person you like, right? It's only natural, right? You end up wearing the same things and stuff… But eventually, not even that's enough… You end up wanting to become that person, right? It can't be helped, right? What kind of person do you like? I love people who are beat up and smell like blood! That's why in the end, I always cut them up! Hey, Ochaco, you're having fun, right? It's fun talking about our crushes, right?" Toga teased her.
"Th-That… That girl is crazy…" Hagakure squeezed her pillow.
"So… does that confirm it…?" Aoyama questioned.
"What…?" Ashido asked as she hugged Asui and Uraraka.
"The question that I ask Uraraka-" Aoyama explained.
"I told you, leave them to talk about it!" Iida shouted.
"Iida, you can't just ignore something like that!" Sero exclaimed.
"What the hell is that?!" Jiro gasped, getting everyone's attention back to the TV.
"Suck, suck…" Toga hummed as the can sucked Uraraka's blood.
Leaves rustled, Shoji, Midoriya and Todoroki appearing.
"Uraraka?!" Shoji exclaimed.
"Shoji! Everyone!" Asui gaped.
Toga threw Uraraka to the side, jumping away from them and releasing Asui.
"Shoot…!" Uraraka said as Asui came to her side.
Before Toga left, she glanced back at them while muttering, "There are more people now and I don't want to be killed, so bye-bye."
Toge turned to leave before she glanced back again, locking her eyes on Midoriya.
"This is the one time I'm gonna say you can have her…" Mineta and Kaminari said nervously.
"I'm feeling a little unsafe…" Midoriya uttered.
"Midoriya Protection Squad!" Ashido whispered.
"-even know what kind of quirk she has." Asui told Uraraka, who was about to go after Toga.
"Who was that woman just now?" Todoroki asked Asui and Uraraka.
"A villain. A crazy one." Asui answered.
"Uraraka, you're injured!" Midoriya noticed.
"You're one to talk!" Sero and Kaminari shouted at Midoriya.
"Did you extras not notice us missing?!" Bakugo yelled.
"Anyway, you're the one that-" Uraraka began to say.
"This isn't time to stand around and talk. Let's go quickly." Shoji told them.
"Anyway, I'm just glad you're okay." Midoriya sighed, exclaiming, "I know! Come with us! Right now, we're protecting Kacchan as we head back to camp."
"Ribbit? You're protecting Bakugo?" Asui questioned, turning to Uraraka, adding, "Where is Bakugo?"
"Huh?!" Midoriya questioned, smiling, "What are you saying? Kacchan is right behind…"
Midoriya turned to look behind him before seeing Bakugo gone.
"During this emergency, no one let their guard down. But…" Midoriya narrated.
Midoriya clenched his fist tightly. 'If only…'
"The boy you're talking about… I took him with my magic. This talent isn't someone who should be on the hero side. We'll take him to a stage where he can shine more." a man with a cane explained as he bounced a marble in his hand, the words, 'Villain- Mr. Compress' appearing.
"I already like where I'm at…" Bakugo whispered to himself.
"'Give him back'? That's a strange thing to say. Bakugo doesn't belong to anyone. He's his own person, you egoist." Mr. Compress explained to Midoriya.
"Give him back!" Midoriya yelled again.
"Move!" Todoroki warned Uraraka, shooting ice at Mr. Compress, who jumped out of the way.
"We simply want to show him that the path he's on now with its fanatical values is not the path he can take." Mr. Compress explained.
"I'm fine on my own path…!" Bakugo whispered a little louder, catching Kirishima's attention.
"-are made to choose their paths based on their values." Mr. Compress sighed.
Shoji looked behind him again, realizing, "It's not just Bakugo! Tokoyami's not here, either!"
'He snatched the two in the back noiselessly? What kind of quirk does he have?' Todoroki gaped, turning to Mr. Compress in the trees, saying, "To go out of your way to talk to us… You're underestimating us."
"I was originally an entertainer, you know. It's a bad habit of mine. Taking Tokoyami was an improvisation on my part." Mr. Compress exclaimed, revealing a second marble while he added, "Moonfish… The man with 'Blade-Tooth'... He may not look it, but he's a cutthroat on death row whose appeal was dismissed. With a violent nature that trampled that cutthroat down one-sidedly, I decided that he was good, too."
"You bastard! Don't take them!" Midoriya yelled angrily.
"Midoriya! Calm down!" Shoji told him.
"Uraraka, take this guy." Todoroki told her as he slid Tsuburaba to Uraraka.
"Right!" Uraraka nodded. Todoroki stomped his right foot to the ground, sending a huge wall of ice to Mr. Compress.
"Sorry, tricks and running away are my only redeeming feature! There's no way I'd fight students who are hero candidates." Mr. Compress told them.
Todoroki squeezed his pant leg. 'That was when he did it…'
"Vanguard Action Squad! Target successfully collected! It's just a short while, but with this, our show has come to a close! As arranged, head to the retrieval point in the next five minutes!" Mr. Compress said into a device.
"'Come to a close'...?" Todoroki questioned.
"No!" Midoriya objected.
"I won't let you! I won't let you get away!" Todoroki shouted at Mr. Compress, running after him as the others followed.
In another part of the forest, Twice cheered, "Hey, Dabi! Did you hear the radio? I'm so pumped! Mr. Compress already succeeded! Took him long enough! I was getting sleepy!"
"Don't say that. He did a good job. Now, we just have to wait for everyone to get back here." Dabi sighed.
"That's not right!" Twice objected before saying, "You're right."
"Stop it, all already!" Kirishima yelled.
"Kirishima, just calm down…" Kaminari walked over to Kirishima.
"-the wall of flames and gas, but the gas was cleared away. Things never go according to plan, huh?" Dabi sighed.
Aoyama hid behind a bush, listening to the two talk.
"Aoyama?!" some of the class exclaimed while Aoyama shivered.
"-right! Things are going as planned!" Twice said.
"Aoyama, I must go help the students from Class B. Please carry those two back to camp!" Yaoyorozu's instructions echoed in Aoyama's head, Jiro and Hagakure lying next to him, unconscious and with gas masks on.
"I'm terribly sorry! I'm sorry…!" Aoyama covered his eyes.
"No, it's okay, Aoyama. You helped us near the end remember?" Shoji comforted him.
'I need to…' Aoyama peeked behind the bush at the two villains, Dabi staring right back at him.
Aoyama hid back, panicking, 'Our eyes met?!'
Dabi stared at the bush Aoyama was hiding behind, starting to walk over to it.
"Hey, Dabi!" Twice called, making Dabu stop walking as Twice said, "Speaking of which, this has nothing to do with anything, but is it okay not to call the 'Nomu' guy? You said he'd only react to your voice or something, right? It's very important!"
"Oh, yeah. You asked me why I didn't add it to the battle, right?" Dabi asked.
"There… There was a Nomu…?" Sato gulped.
"A monster specifically for me, from Shigaraki… It's probably killed at least one person by now." Dabi sighed.
"This is bad! This is really bad! This guy's really bad news!" Awase yelled as he ran away from the Nomu, carrying Yaoyorozu.
"Yao-momo!" Hagakure gasped, latching onto her.
"That's where you put the tracker… right…?" Kirishima asked.
"Yes…" Yaoyorozu nodded.
"Please, run! It's gonna catch up!" Awase shouted at Yaoyorozu.
"I'm sorry… Awase…! I'm… I'm fine…!" Yaoyorozu whispered, thinking, 'When I came to, I was on the ground. I had no idea what had happened to me…'
"Crap! Damn it! What the-?! What is this?!" Awase yelled as Nomu lunged for them, Awase preparing for it by protecting Yaoyorozu. The chains on Nomu stopped as it started walking away from them.
"What…? Why is it leaving…?" Awase questioned.
'Does that mean it has done its job…? Don't tell me… Bakugo!' Yaoyorozu thought looking at Nomu before saying, "Use your judgment… What would be the worst-case scenario, Momo? And what's the best thing you can do right now?"
Yaoyorozu's hand started glowing while she turned to Awase, instructing, "Awase, use your quirk to attach this… to that!"
"What is this? A button?" Awase questioned.
"Just hurry up and do it! It'll get away." Yaoyorozu pleaded.
Awase ran toward Nomu, whispering, "I don't know what's going on, but…!"
He attached the small circle to Nomu, hiding behind a tree while it continued walking.
"That was a wise choice, Young Yaoyorozu." All Might told her.
"When I knew about the worst case, I knew that I had to do it…" Yaoyorozu nodded.
"-was too scary…" Awase sighed before running back to Yaoyorozu, saying, "Let's get away!"
"Right." Yaoyorozu nodded.
In the clearing, Magne yelled out, "Hey, Spinner, this is your fault!"
"Shut up! If you're to blame someone, blame yourself for doing evil!" Tiger told him while he tightly wrapped Magne in his arms.
"That's how it is, Spinner, you villain." Mandalay agreed while she pinned Spinner down.
"Hey, let go, you harlot! Damn it, Stain will live again! You hear? His will, it'll live again right here! Through me! I have to purge you degenerate heroes and that glasses kid!" Spinner vowed.
"Iida…" Midoriya whispered.
"Iida…" Uraraka glanced at him.
"I'll try to redeem myself one day." Iida vowed.
"You don't need to redeem yourself to villains, Iida." Todoroki told him.
"I suppose you're right…" Iida sighed.
"-your quirk at all, did you?" Mandalay asked Spinner.
"Shut up! Get off!" Spinner shouted.
"Yes…" someone hummed, making Mandalay gasp as a dark purple mist appeared, glaring, "Let's have the two of you… move out of the way."
Mr. Compress jumped over the trees as Todoroki, Shoji, Uraraka and Asui ran after him, with Uraraka dragging the other student.
"Damn it, that mask guy's fast!" Todoroki cursed.
"If only Iida were here…" Uraraka gritted her teeth.
'If only…' Midoriya stared down at his arms, closing his eyes, '...I hadn't broken them.'
"The hero course students are not as big of a deal as I thought they'd be." Mr. Compress told himself.
"Damn it!" Todoroki narrowed his eyes.
"We can't… give up… We have to catch up… and get them back!" Midoriya uttered as Shoji carried him.
"But at this rate, he's just getting farther away!" Shoji told Midoriya.
"Uraraka, make us float!" Midoriya explained.
"Huh?" Uraraka questioned.
"And then Asui, throw us as far as you can with your tongue!" Midoriya continued.
"Ribbit?" Asui asked.
"Shoji, use your arms to correct our trajectory and pull us! Uraraka, measure the distance with your eyes and release your quirk when the time looks about right!" Midoriya finished.
"I see. A human bullet, huh?" Shoji realized.
"Wait, Deku! You're still going to move with those injuries?" Uraraka questioned.
'It's true that it wouldn't be strange for this guy to lose consciousness at any moment…' Todoroki thought before saying, "Midoriya, you stay here. With that pain, you're in no state to-"
"I don't feel any pain right now… I can move… Hurry!" Midoriya narrowed his eyes.
Uraraka stopped running, placing Tsuburaba down before tearing her shirt off saying, "Deku, at least let me do this…!"
"Uraraka! Now is not- Oh, never mind, sorry…!" Sero told her, seeing what she meant.
Asui wrapped her tongue around Shoji, Todoroki and Midoriya while Uraraka touched them, making them float.
"Okay, Tsu." Uraraka nodded to her.
"Make sure you save those two." Asui told them before slinging them into the air, shouting, "Ribbit!"
Shoji held onto Todoroki and Midoriya as they flew toward Mr. Compress.
"Huh? No one else is here yet?" Toga questioned as she made it to where Dabi and Twice were.
"You lunatic, did you get the blood? How many people's worth?" Dabi asked her.
"One person's worth!" Toga announced.
"Just one?! Weren't you told to get at least three?!" Twice exclaimed at her.
"It couldn't be helped. I thought I was going to be killed." Toga defended herself.
"Anyway- Toga, aren't you a little too happy? Was there anything to make you depressed?" Twice wondered.
"I made some friends and found a boy I'm interested in." Toga beamed.
"Now I feel very unsafe…" Midoriya panicked quietly.
"-I can't!" Twice told her before smiling, "I like you, too!"
"You're too loud. Shut up…" Dabi sighed before looking up as Mr. Compress came crashing down with Todoroki, Shoji and Midoriya on his back.
"Hey, hey, hey, hey! I know these kids!" Twice yelled, before asking, "Who are they?!"
Ending plays.
"It… It's not going to show it…?!" Kaminari gaped.
"I'm getting a drink." Bakugo spat, heading for the kitchen.
"I-I'll come with you." Kirishima said, following.
"I think we should take this time as a breather." Yaoyorozu told them.
"How can I breath?!" Midoriya said, looking panicked.
"If it's about that Toga villain, what she said is wrong, okay?!" Uraraka exclaimed to him.
"It's not about that, Uraraka, it's just…" Midoriya reassured her, lowering his voice, saying, "If I hadn't broken my arms, maybe… maybe Kacchan wouldn't have…"
"You can't worry about something that's already happened. You can only learn from it, and get better." Tokoyami advised.
"Yeah… I guess…" Midoriya sighed.
'Tokoyami said it before I had the chance…' Aizawa thought.